Word: prosceniums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long-suppressed and now acclaimed production of Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground at Moscow's Theater for Young Spectators, the withdrawn and embittered central character repeatedly pushes with all his might against the immovable proscenium arch at the side of the stage. The gesture is an apt visual metaphor not only for a melancholy nobody's passion to smash the barriers of loneliness but also for the yearning of the whole Moscow drama world to break down the confines of habit and tradition. Everywhere one goes in the theater these days, the same artistic self-criticism is heard: there...
...strain on rockers' ears is slowly easing. Musicians no longer perform before walls of loudspeakers. Today giant speakers are relegated to the sides of the stage or suspended from the proscenium. "Half the concerts are quieter on the stage than anywhere else in the house," notes Flansburgh. Many rockers now sport protective gear during practice sessions and even during performances. Saxophonist Benjamin Bossi of the Ordinaires, a New York City- based band, dons headphones before concerts. Fred Schneider, vocalist for the B-52's, stuffs tissue into his ears. Rock Promoter Bill Graham, who is shepherding the current Amnesty International...
...scary," says Susan J. Levine '90, who plays two minor roles in the play. "But it's not scarier than a regular show in a house. It's the same thing." Levine, who has never performed in a mainstage production before, says she is excited to perform in a proscenium...
Junior Common Rooms are another popular choice with directors, especially in Quincy, Lowell, Winthrop and Kirkland. Some, like Kirkland, use a conventional proscenium stage whereas in places like Lowell the audience, not the actors, is elevated. In addition, this semester productions have been staged at the Holmes Living Room in North House, The Currier Fishbowl, the Union Performance Room and the Quincy Qube...
...drapes closed, one leg peeking through to salute the audience; at midnight she returned in a diaper as Baby 1973. She has emerged from a giant mollusk in a Polynesian bikini; walked on in a cunning knee-length frankfurter costume, mustard streaked down her front; raced across the proscenium in a mermaid's spangled fin and a motorized wheelchair; wowed crowds with her renowned mammary-balloon ballet. So what can she do for a 1987 encore? Strut into her hit movie, Outrageous Fortune, abuse a defenseless pay phone and insist, "Gimme back my bleepin' quarta!" Hollywood may be far from...